{"id":74538,"date":"2013-11-14T09:23:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T17:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=74538"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:29:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:29:37","slug":"gsp-recalls-being-scared-by-mark-coleman-in-ufc-early-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/gsp-recalls-being-scared-by-mark-coleman-in-ufc-early-days\/","title":{"rendered":"GSP Recalls Being Scared By Mark Coleman In UFC Early Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/gspPNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/gspPNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"gspPNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/gspPNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/gspPNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/gspPNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cI was so nervous. I was fighting Karo Parisyan, so I was fighting on the prelims. They put us in a little locker room, maybe half of the (size of a) mat. I was with three guys, and when we got into the room, it was very long, but it was very narrow. We didn\u2019t have enough space to work out, so I decided to take all the chairs and throw them out of the room, and still it was very tiny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I was not working out. I was waiting for the time to get ready. And all of a sudden, I heard a noise in the hallway like a third world war was breaking out, and guess who got into the room? It was Wes Sims, Kevin Randelman and Mark Coleman, two of my idols, Goldberg, and Ricco Rodriguez. So we didn\u2019t have enough space with those giants. I was like, \u2018Oh my god.\u2019 I couldn\u2019t speak English; I was very intimidated. It was my first time in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMark Coleman goes, \u2018Who are you?\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018Hi, I\u2019m Georges St-Pierre.\u2019 He goes, \u2018Who are you going up against? (I said), \u2018Karo Parisyan?\u2019 He goes, \u2018You a wrestler?\u2019 I said, \u2018Yeah, I wrestle.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe goes, \u2018Yeah! I\u2019m rooting for you!\u2019 And then pandemonium broke out in the locker room. I was so agitated. I was scared. When the time came for me to warm up, and these guys were screaming at me. I didn\u2019t understand what they said, but there were a lot of f-words. I couldn\u2019t speak English, so I tried to let it motivate me. 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